The next day, in the Jingbianbao barracks, Liu Renyu, Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu, Ma Wenshan, Wang Zuojiao and other military attachés all rode horses and stood in front of the 700 army.

Opposite Liu Renyu, stood Li Jiye and a young man of medium stature, round face, eyebrows and eyes, who looked very kind, dressed as a military attaché.

"My lord, this is Wang Xuewu who was recommended to you by his humble position." Li Jiye said, and pointed to the young man beside him.

"Little Wang Xuewu has seen adults."

After Li Jiye finished his introduction, Wang Xuewu gave a salute.

"Well, you are Wang Xuewu! Your family will always guard the foundation for us, and you will command the firecrackers. Remember, the military is governed only by military law. When the army marches and fights, I have my own military orders, and you only need to do what you want. I hope you will work hard and don't let down Mr. Li Qian's trust in you. ”

"Yes, my lord, the little one must do everything solidly, and repay the trust of you and Mr. Li Qian." Wang Xuewu replied respectfully.

"Well, Wang Xuewu, you will be included in this formation." Liu Renyu ordered.

"Yes, sir." When Wang Xuewu received the order, he rode his horse to the front of the phalanx of firecrackers under his jurisdiction.

"Jiye, Jingbian Fort is as important as Zhenbei Fort, you must guard it, and you must always send people to patrol the displaced people outside the city. In short, in a word, I don't want the army to go out on the expedition and the family will not be at peace, you know. Liu Renyu advised.

"I understand, please rest assured. The humble duty will definitely take care of Jingbian Fort, so that our army can go out on the expedition with peace of mind. Li Jiye assured.

"Well, the matter of Jingbian Fort will be discussed with the Heavenly Monarch, but when it comes to any major event, he is a scholar, I am afraid that he will not have the courage to deal with it, and at that time, you will have full power to decide."

"Yes, my lord, the humiliation has been written."

"Well, let's go."

After Liu Renyu finished talking to Li Jiye, he signaled the herald to blow the marching trumpet, and the officers and soldiers of the various arms of Jingbian Fort followed Liu Renyu in turn, walked through the central street, passed through the east gate, and after leaving the city, they traveled 5 miles east before arriving at the camp of Liu Wuguo's headquarters.

At this time, Liu Wuguo's soldiers were still asleep and did not get up, Liu Renyu saw this, so he asked the others to wait first, and he himself took 10 guards and walked to the gate of the village.

In the process of walking towards the gate of the village, Liu Renyu did not encounter any sentry, until he reached the left side of the camp gate, only a soldier who was awakened by the sound of horses' hooves and was extremely impatient said viciously: "Who the hell is it?" Still don't let people sleep? ”

"Jingbian Fort garrison Liu Invincible Liu Ye, do you know this?"

A question asked by a gatekeeper could not be answered by Liu Renyu in person, and his own guards replied on his behalf.

Anyway, at this time, in Yansui, who doesn't know Liu Wudi's name, Hong Junmen's newly accepted love general, has a bright future! So this name is really thunderous.

It was the guard on duty who woke up with a stir, and then knelt on the ground with a plop, opened the bow left and right at himself, slapped him in the face, and said in a low voice: "The little one doesn't know that it was Liu Ye and your old man who drove to your old man's house, and verbally bumped into your old man's house, and asked your old man to spare his life." ”

"I didn't say you were guilty, and I won't want your life, you don't have to panic." Liu Renyu replied with a cold face.

"Thank you for the grace of Liu Ye's life." The guard kowtowed, but remained on his knees.

"I'm going to go in and find your master, so you can report it." Liu Renyu commanded.

"Yes, yes, Master Liu, wait a minute, the little one will go." The guard responded, and ran towards the camp like a wind under his feet.

When the guard went to report, Liu Renyu frowned and looked around and said: "General Liu set up camp, don't dig trenches, don't arrange organs, don't set up light and dark sentinels, even the guards guarding the door are sleeping, if we are thieves, we only need to attack at this time, then General Liu will definitely be defeated." ”

"Your Excellency, you are right. Our Jingbianbao army camp will not be like them, it is full of flaws. One of the guards chimed in, and by the way, he also praised his own troops.

"Well, forget it, I'm not General Liu's official left and right, what's the matter!" Liu Renyu was originally dissatisfied with Liu Wuguo's loose camp, but after thinking about it, he felt that it had nothing to do with him, so he could only laugh at himself and pretend not to see it.

After a while, a person hurried from the barracks to the gate, Liu Renyu looked at it, but it was not the guard, but Wei Zhongyi.

This Master Qian was far away, far away, so he smiled and arched his hand: "Master Liu, I didn't expect you to come so early, my family master is still grooming and tidying, please stay for a while." ”

"So early!? Damn, it's past eight o'clock Beijing time, it's still early, if you fucking are Lao Tzu's subordinates, Lao Tzu will definitely kill you. Liu Renyu thought so in his heart, but he replied with Wen Yan: "It's indeed a little early, but the military situation is urgent, and I bother you to urge General Liu, so let's go, go to Anding County, and go to Qingjian to meet with Hong Junmen and Du Zongzhen." ”

"Hey, I know about my humble duties, please stay here for a while, and let's pull out the camp." Wei Zhongyi agreed, then turned back and entered the barracks, and went straight to the camp to get busy.

Liu Renyu waited outside the camp for a while, and found that Liu Wuguo's soldiers had been lazily pulling out the camp, and the process was extremely slow, so he couldn't bear it anymore, and resolutely decided to let the firefighters turn on the coal stove and make breakfast.

Then, he sent someone to tell Liu Wuguo that he was making breakfast, and if his Liu Wuguo's department could pull out the camp within two quarters of an hour, the time could be in time, even if they had a share, if they couldn't catch up, they would solve the breakfast by themselves.

As soon as he heard this good news, Liu Wuguo, who was still inseparable from the warm bed, suddenly bounced up from the floor, he called Wei Zhongyi, and said eagerly: "Tell the brothers to hurry up and pull out the camp, if it can be done within two quarters of an hour, then Lord Liu will provide us with a breakfast, if it can't be completed, let them go hungry." ”

"Okay." Wei Zhongyi got the order, so he asked the herald to shout in the barracks: "Listen to it, if you can pull out the camp within two quarters of an hour, you will have breakfast, if you can't, there will be no food, you can do it yourself." ”

The heralds roared down, and the effect was extremely significant, and the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of Liu Wuguo's department quickly cleaned up the camp as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Within two quarters of an hour, Liu Wuguo's headquarters stopped the camp.

Then Liu Wuguo himself said to Liu Renyu with a smile on his face: "Brother Xian, I've kept you waiting for a long time, what do you think of our breakfast arrangement?" ”

"Ask my brother to let your men bring their own lunch boxes to pick them up." Liu Renyu also replied with a smile.

"Hey, I always eat your military rations, my brother is ashamed!" Liu Wuguo pretended to sigh.

"What did my brother say? Everyone is an official and a soldier, and it is also appropriate to help each other. Liu Renyu knew that Liu Wuguo was just talking, but he still replied.

"Then brother, I'm welcome. Brothers, Lord Liu has already prepared breakfast, why don't you hurry up and get it? ”

"Little one, thank you Lord Liu for your kindness." As soon as Liu Wuguo's soldiers shouted, they marched in like a wall, huddled in front of the dining car, and competed for bread and broth.

Liu Renyu naturally frowned when he saw such a chaotic scene. When Wei Zhongyi on the side saw it, he immediately asked people to take sticks and beat the soldiers who were cutting into his own ranks, and then they formed several crooked long lines.

Liu Renyu saw that Wei Zhongyi actually knew about queuing for dinner, and thought that Wei Zhongyi's quality was very high, but this was actually a beautiful misunderstanding.

Wei Zhongyi just felt that Liu Renyu's subordinates were all lining up, and his subordinates were not queuing, so he felt embarrassed, so he let his subordinates line up, that's all.

After the two generals' men and horses finished breakfast, Liu Renyu discussed with Liu Wuguo about the march.

"Brother, the last time we went south to suppress thieves, you had 200 cavalry and 400 infantry. This time you say that you brought 1000 people, dare to ask how many cavalry you have. How many infantry? ”

"The last time I went with you to suppress the thieves, I captured more than 200 horses, which added 200 cavalry, and now I have 400 cavalry, plus 600 infantry, in addition to 200 auxiliaries and civilians."

"My brother's strength has risen again, which is gratifying. However, our soldiers are very fast, and it is better for your foot soldiers to follow suit, so you can take your cavalry and mine to Qingjian first. ”

"It's not impossible, it's just that their military food is not enough, if we go first, I'm afraid they will ......." Liu Wuguo said with a sad face.

"This is not difficult, I have prepared 200 stone of grain, which will be hauled by horse-drawn carts for your foot soldiers, auxiliaries and masters."

"Yes, it's so good, it's still thoughtful. Then I'll let my subordinates wait here first, and when the food you sent arrives, it's not too late to go. ”

"Brother, please arrange it, and the younger brother will wait first."

"Okay, brother Xian, wait a minute."

After Liu Wuguo finished speaking, he summoned the military attache who was in charge of the foot soldiers and gave him an instruction.

When things stopped here, Liu Wuguo took his own 400 cavalry, together with Liu Renyu's 700 cavalry, and galloped towards Anding County.

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On the official road 6 miles away from Anding County, there is a Chenjiazhuang, this Zhuangzi in the past, because it is in Jingbianbao and Anding County to Qingjian, Suide and other places must pass through, merchants, military envoys come and go, it is still a prosperous town.

In early March of the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Jiayin returned to Shaanxi from Hequ in Shanxi Province to plunder, and the leader of the thieves returned to Shaanxi, but he did not plan to loot in the vicinity of Fugu and Shenmu.

This is because Shenmu and Fugu are extremely poor, after his plunder, there is no oil and water, in addition, Shenmu and Fugu are too close to Yulin, Wang Jiayin is afraid that Hong Chengchou will call to kill himself if he disagrees.

As soon as he returned to Shaanxi, he went straight south and headed towards the prefectures and counties to which Yan'an Prefecture belonged, so that he could be a little farther away from Hong Chengchou, and he could also collect grain in the relatively wealthy Yan'an Mansion to feed his 30,000 old battalions.

When he arrived at Yan'an Mansion, he first surrounded Yan'an, and then divided his troops into several routes, letting these troops go to different states and counties to eat.

Among them, the one he sent to Anding County to eat was a small leader called the starry sky.

Mantianxing got Wang Jiayin's order, so he took his 300 cavalry, set off from outside Yan'an City, marched northwest along the official road, and after a short time, he came to the left of Chenjiazhuang.

When the stars and his subordinates saw such a prosperous town as Chenjiazhuang, they were like wolves looking at delicious food, and their eyes were burning with lust. Fire.

"Captain, you see that there is a Zhuangzi in front, it looks a little prosperous, what do you say about it?" A thief asked with a wicked smile on his face.

"The old rules, rob money, grab food, rob women. After the robbery, they set fire to their house and asked them to follow us to settle down and eat big households. However, you all have a fucking memory, the pretty yellow flower girl wants to keep it for our Lao Tzu, if any of you dare to touch Lao Tzu's woman, we Lao Tzu will ensure that your head will move, and goodbye to your neck, but remember? Man Tianxing admonished with a serious face.

"Hey, captain, put your heart in your belly, your temper brothers know, you, just wait to be the groom's officer." The thief smiled lewdly and agreed, then pulled out the Yanling knife in his hand and shouted, "Little ones, wash this Zhuangzi." ”

"Okay."

Nearly 300 thieves roared and roared towards Chenjiazhuang.

"A thief!"

The thieves made such a big noise, and the people in the Zhuangzi naturally knew, so there was a sudden burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the market, and every household closed their windows and doors, hoping to escape, but this was delusional.

The thieves went from house to house smashing doors and windows, first robbing gold and silver, then chickens, ducks, geese, cows, sheep, horses, and grain, and finally young and beautiful young women and women.

In the process of looting, if someone dares not to cooperate, it will naturally be hacked to death.

When the thieves had finished robbing them, they lit torches and threw them on the roofs of every house, putting the village in flames.

The people in Zhuangzi were forced by the fire, and they had no choice but to run out of Zhuangzi. Outside the village, the thieves who were still cruising drove the people to the starry sky.

Some of the people who refused to give in were either hacked to death on the spot or dragged along by the thieves with ropes tied to their heels.

Of course, the people who were dragged along would be ground to a bloody pulp and howl, while the thieves were stroking their hands and laughing.

There were also some people who were thrown directly into the fire by the thieves, and they were burned and rolled around, which was miserable, and the thieves also laughed and watched for fun.

After this catastrophe, Chenjiazhuang was reduced to ruins, and the people who survived the butcher's knives of the thieves were driven to the stars.

"Pull out all the men in the Zhuangzi and tattoo the word rebellion on their faces. Remember, according to the words written by that scholar, whoever fucking stabbed the wrong one, we Lao Tzu cut whom. Mantianxing ordered.

"Yes, Captain."

When the thieves received the order, they carried knives and tattooed the word 'rebellion' on the face of the man in Chenjiazhuang.

In this process, those men naturally cried out in pain again, and the families of these men cried bitterly when they saw these men suffering.

However, these cries did not slow down the movements of the thieves' hands, and some of the thieves stabbed harder when they heard these cries, and some of the men's faces were even wounded to the bone.

When the men in Chenjiazhuang were tattooed with the word 'rebellion', the stars said to them with a smile: "You all have the word rebellion tattooed on your faces, if the officials and soldiers see it, they will definitely treat you as thieves and kill you to receive merit, so you can only follow me to be a thief in order to live." Follow me or not, you have to think about it yourself. Hahahaha, brethren, go. After Mantianxing finished speaking, he and a group of thieves, with the stolen money, food and women, went all the way to Anding County.

The rest of the men from Chenjiazhuang knew that what Man Tianxing said was true, they would definitely be killed on the spot when they touched the official army, even if they were to forgive, it was useless, and now their homes were also burned by thieves, so they had no choice but to follow Man Tianxing all the way with resentment.

Generally speaking, these men are the pillars of each family in Chenjiazhuang, and the men are gone, and the remaining old women and children have no choice but to cry and follow.

A Chenjiazhuang was destroyed like this, and the more than 700 people who were lucky enough to not die became exiles.